Kathmandu, May 5: At the cordial
invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Narayan
Kaji Shrestha, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan KAMIKAWA Yoko is arriving
here today on an official visit to Nepal.
During the visit, Minister KAMIKAWA
is scheduled to meet with President Ramchandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Ms KAMIKAWA will meet and hold bilateral talks on
various matters of mutual interest and concern with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs Shrestha today, according to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
This is Ms KAMIKAWA's first visit
to Nepal since being appointed as the foreign minister of Japan.
Japan remains as one of the leading
countries that provide continuous support to help with the development
endeavours of Nepal. Diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan were
established on September 1, 1956. Nine years after the establishment of
diplomatic relations, Nepal established its embassy in Tokyo in 1965. Three
years later, Japan opened an embassy in Nepal.
Japan has been supporting Nepal in
the fields of education, health, communication, agriculture, infrastructure,
energy, civil aviation and other sectors. "There is no such sector of
Nepal, where the Japanese support has not reached. Japan is helping Nepal with
a focus on its economic and social development," says Nepali Ambassador to
Japan Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi.
This high-level visit by the
foreign minister of Japan is expected to make a significant contribution to
strengthening the close and friendly relationship subsisting between the two
countries.
Following the visit, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Japan will depart from Kathmandu today itself. (RSS)